Complete California High School Proficiency Exam study guide, prepared by our dedicated team of exam experts! Pass the CHSPE! will help you:
Practice with 2 complete practice question sets (over 300 questions) Make a CHSPE study plan and study schedule Learn faster Identify your strengths and weaknesses quickly Increase your score with multiple choice strategies from exam experts Avoid common mistakes on a test Increase your vocabulary fast with powerful learning strategies
Please note that CHSPE is administered by the California Department of Education, which was not involved in the production of, and does not endorse, this product. Over 300 questions, including reading comprehension, sentence structure, punctuation, English grammar, basic mathematics, fractions, algebra, decimals, probability, geometry and statistics.
Review and tutorials on all CHSPE topics - hundreds of pages of tutorials!
Practice Really Does Make Perfect!
The more questions you see, the more likely you are to pass the test. And between our study guide and practice tests, you’ll have over 300 practice questions that cover every category. You can fine-tune your knowledge in areas where you feel comfortable and be more efficient in improving your problem areas.
Our practice test questions have been developed by our dedicated team of experts. All the material in the study guide, including every practice question, are designed to engage your critical thinking skills needed to pass the test!
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Contents
Getting Started How this study guide is organized 9 The CHSPE Study Plan 9 Making a Study Schedule 10
Reading Self-Assessment 18 Answer Key 29 Help with Reading Comprehension 33 Main Idea and Supporting Details 36 Drawing Inferences And Conclusions 40 Meaning From Context 44 Vocabulary Self-Assessment 47 Answer Key 53 Help with Building your Vocabulary 55
How to Write an Essay Formulating A Thesis 68 Common Essay Mistakes - Example 1 71 Common Essay Mistakes - Example 2 73 Writing Concisely 75
Language Arts Self-Assessment 79 Answer Key 90 English Grammar and Punctuation Tutorials 93 Capitalization 93 Punctuation 95 Hyphens 96 Apostrophes 98 Commas 99 Quotation Marks 101 English Grammar Multiple Choice 103 Common English Usage Mistakes 119 Subject Verb Agreement 127
Mathematics Self-Assessment 138 Answer Key 147 Basic math Video Tutorials 151 Basic math Video Tutorials 151 Fraction Tips, Tricks and Shortcuts 151 Decimal Tips, Tricks and Shortcuts 157 Converting Decimals to Fractions 157 Percent Tips, Tricks and Shortcuts 158 Exponents - a Quick Tutorial 160 How to Solve Word Problems 165 Types of Word Problems 168 Algebraic Equations 177 Ratios 179 Basic Geometry 183 Pythagorean Geometry 188 Scale drawings 190 Quadrilaterals 192
Practice Test Questions Set 1 Answer Key 252
Practice Test Questions Set 2 Answer Key 327
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